Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Ég skrifa þessa færslu til að leiðrétta fyrri færslu sem ég skrifaði um tvöfalda krossa í atvinnuglímu. Ég hélt upphaflega að tvöfaldir krossar enduðu eftir að Stanislaus Zybszko fór tvívegis yfir Gold Dust Trio. Zbyszko, eftir að hafa samþykkt að tapa fyrir Munn, sigraði hann í því sem varð lögmæt keppni um heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt. Og “Strangler” Lewis, sem sleppti
On February 26. 1914, Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Alex Aberg for the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in Boston, Massachusetts. Zbyszko came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for Frank Gotch’s World Catch-as-Catch Can Championship. Wrestling insiders considered Gotch’s title the World Championship. Zbyszko could not beat Gotch in 1910. Before they had a rematch, Frank Gotch retired in
Ég skrifaði þessa færslu vegna samtals sem ég var merktur í á Twitter um 1911 endurleikur milli Frank Gotch og Georg Hackenschmidt fyrir heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt. Jim Cornette, sem fyrir utan að vera einn af bestu stjórnendum í atvinnuglímu er einnig þekktur atvinnuglímusagnfræðingur, talaði um tvöfaldan kross í seinni Gotch-Hack leiknum
Á mánudaginn, Júní 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
When “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, þekktur sem “Hakk” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 mínútur. Beell vann
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “unnið” matches thrown in the mix. Með 1904 eða 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Jim Londos fór í gegnum raðir atvinnuglímunnar og varð stærsta miðasölustjarna ekki aðeins þriðja áratugarins heldur allra tíma.. Þó, ef Londos hefði ekki komið til St. Louis í byrjun 1920, sagan hefði getað verið allt önnur. Londos lærði grípandi glímu á meðan Londos stóð sig sem sterkur maður í karnivalinu á meðan
Á október 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Meistarakeppni en var ekki í sviðsljósinu þar til
Nóvember 7, 1908, Charles Olson hitti “Americus” Gus Schonlein fyrir heimsmeistaramótið í léttþungavigt. Leikurinn reyndist jafn spennandi og áhorfendur grunaði að hann yrði en hann endaði í deilum. Olson varð 6’01” en aðeins vigtuð 170 £. Fæddur Max Flaskamp í Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen í 1879, hann tók sér nafnið Charles eða Charley Olson